Generally by the end of May the bite shuts down. The spawn is over around July 4th. You can start catching them after dark then. I prefer fishing in the fall, winter, and spring during the day. Too many bugs out during those summer nights.

The spawn on the James will usually run from May thru June. It really depends upon the year. We had a really mild winter so who knows. The spawn is a little sooner on lake Kerr. We had a tournament on the Chickahominy in the middle of May last year and it refreshed our memory as to why we stopped having tournaments in May/June. Nice weather / bad fishing.